Incidence of M.E.
Sir,—The recent article on the myalgic encephalomyelitis survey in Canterbury quotes a figure of 24 patients, one case for each doctor surveyed. This is quite misleading. The Health Department sent a questionnaire out to 20 Christchurch doctors, but 14 did not reply. Since early April there has been much reported about this disease. This has brought about a lot of public awareness. Most people now have at least heard about M.E. or “Tapanui flu.” Does the Health Department really believe there are only 24 M.E. sufferers in Christchurch? The Christchurch M.E. Support Group has hundreds of names of sufferers, most of them having had all the tests possible over the past few months — in some cases, years. Of these, 142 people have been diagnosed, by their G.P.s and by some specialists, as being M.E. sufferers. We read with interest that t|je Health Department will distribute information regarding M.E. in the near future, to all G.P.s.—Yours, etc.,
SANDRA HYDER, Chch M.E. Support Group. June 15, 1984.
Incidence of M.E.
Press, 19 June 1984, Page 16
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